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EU mergers and takeovers (Aug 4)

BRUSSELS, Aug 4 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process: APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS -- British mobile telephony operator Vodafone and U.S. cable company Liberty Global to merge their Dutch operations (appr

Vodafone And Liberty Global Dutch Tie-Up Receives EU Clearance

Liberty Global, Vodafone win EU conditional approval for Dutch tie-up

BRUSSELS, Aug 3 (Reuters) - The European Commission has authorised on Wednesday a joint venture in the Netherlands between British telecoms firm Vodafone and U.S. cable operator Liberty Global in exchange for concessions. The EU executive gave its approval conditional on Vodafone selling it

Sunday newspaper round-up: SAB Miller, BoE, US elections

(ShareCast News) - The maker of Budweiser is this weekend scrambling to find enough support among SAB Miller shareholders to ensure it can buy the FTSE 100 brewer for £79bn. Anheuser-Busch InBev, which also owns Stella Artois, is attempting to reach the hundreds of investors on SAB's register - incl

EXCLUSIVE-Liberty Global, Vodafone to win EU approval for Dutch tie-up - sources

(Adds European Commission, Vodafone decline comment, Liberty Global comments) By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS, July 29 (Reuters) - U.S. cable group Liberty Global and UK telecoms firm Vodafone are set to win EU antitrust approval for their plan to merge their Dutch operations after offering

EXCLUSIVE-EU to clear Liberty Global, Vodafone Dutch tie-up - sources

BRUSSELS, July 29 (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators are set to approve a plan by Liberty Global and British telecoms provider Vodafone to merge their Dutch operations after the companies offered minor concessions, two people familiar with the matter said on Friday. The companies, which wa

Vodafone picks Accor executive as Africa, MidEast, Asia chief

July 29 (Reuters) - Vodafone Group Plc named Vivek Badrinath, deputy chief executive of French hospitality group AccorHotels, as the head of its business in Africa, Middle East and Asia-Pacific (AMAP). Badrinath will take on the role from October 15, when current head Serpil Timuray becomes

CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-Kenyan telecom operator Safaricom to pay special dividend

(Corrects share price in paragraph 5 to 19.10 shillings, not 9.10) NAIROBI, July 26 (Reuters) - Kenyan telecom operator Safaricom will pay a special dividend of 0.68 shillings ($0.0067) per share, it said on Tuesday. The firm, which is 40 percent owned by Britain's Vodafone , has repo

UPDATE 1-Kenyan telecom operator Safaricom to pay special dividend

(Adds background, share price) NAIROBI, July 26 (Reuters) - Kenyan telecom operator Safaricom will pay a special dividend of 0.68 shillings ($0.0067) per share, it said on Tuesday. The firm, which is 40 percent owned by Britain's Vodafone , has reported consistent profit growth in rec

UPDATE 1-Vodafone Qatar reports flat year-on-year loss for Q1

* Q1 net loss 99.6 mln riyals, flat y-o-y - statement * Reduced staffing by 10 pct in May * Mobile customers up 2.6 pct, revenue down 7 pct (Adds detail, context) By David French DUBAI, July 26 (Reuters) - Vodafone Qatar, an affiliate of Vodafone Group, reported on Tuesd

BROKER RATINGS SUMMARY: RBC Upgrades G4S But Barclays Downgrades It

Britain's FTSE gains on BoE stimulus expectations

* FTSE 100 index up 0.5 percent at close * Vodafone, CRH among top gainers * easyJet extends Thursday's losses (Adds detail and quote, updates prices at close) By Kit Rees and Atul Prakash LONDON, July 22 (Reuters) - Britain's top share index edged higher on Friday on ho

UPDATE 2-Vodafone says Germany, Spain and Italy drive sales growth

* Q1 revenue rises 2.2 pct, beating forecasts of 1.9 pct * Spain, Germany and Italy perform strongly, UK lags * Shares up 4.5 pct (Adds CEO reaction, analyst reaction, shares) By Paul Sandle LONDON, July 22 (Reuters) - Spain, Germany and Italy helped Vodafone to produce

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: "Alarming" PMIs Point To Bank Of England Easing

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